Essence Quote by Duane Elgin

Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions.

— Duane Elgin

To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life.

— Duane Elgin

Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.

— John Climacus

Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live.

— Duane Elgin

Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and…

— Francois Fenelon

Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential.

— Mark Sheppard

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

— Thomas a Kempis

“Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

In the face of the economic plight, it is our task to become pioneers of simplicity, that is, to find a simple form for…

— Oskar Schlemmer

Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, butit is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil.…

— Charles Horton Cooley